Species "Bacillus acnes"

Name: "Bacillus acnes" Gilchrist 1900

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Gender: masculine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 6919; CCUG 1794; CIP 53.117; DSM 1897; JCM 6425; LMG 16711; NCTC 737; NRRL B-4224; VKM Ac-1450

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Original publication: Gilchrist TC. A bacteriological and microscopical study of over three hundred vesicular and pustular lesions of the skin, with a research upon the etiology of Acne vulgaris. Johns Hopkins Hospital Report 1900; 9:409-430.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Cutibacterium acnes (Gilchrist 1900) Scholz and Kilian 2016

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Propionibacterium acnes (Gilchrist 1900) Douglas and Gunter 1946 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Cutibacterium acnes (Gilchrist 1900) Scholz and Kilian 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Gilchrist TC. A bacteriological and microscopical study of over three hundred vesicular and pustular lesions of the skin, with a research upon the etiology of Acne vulgaris. Johns Hopkins Hospital Report 1900; 9:409-430.

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Record number: 951

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Species "Bacillus acnes"